A Little Glamour from Organica and Spargel & Shine Homes

Day two of  The Home and Garden Expo which benefits the American Cancer Society's annual Relay for Life event.  At Relay For Life events, communities across the globe come together to honor cancer survivors, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against a disease that has already taken too much.

To learn more:  http://www.relayforlife.org/learn/index

For a complete list of the vendors and SLURLs to their exhibits, go the H&G website link below.

http://slhomeandgardenexpo.com/list-of-exhibitors-a-z/

Tess Spargel, creator at  Spargel & Shine Homes has been making beautiful, period homes for almost four years.  I have purchased several of her buildings.  For the Expo, she created the elegant French country estate - Maison d'Ete.

The windows change texture from clear, to etched, to shutters and there is an option to rez drapes which is tre' cool.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Home%20Expo%206/219/31/23

While checking out the vendors at the pre-opening revue, I met Aki Shichiroji, the designer at Organica.  She was so incredibly nice and am I pleased to show her royal purple leather armchair and sofa.  

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Home%20Expo%206/33/96/23

CREDITS:

Building - Maison d'Ete by Spargel & Shine Homes - Home and Garden Expo

Spargel & Shine Homes - Charms of Country Life (picture), Candelabra Ete, Urn & Plinth with Peach Flowers, Ete table Marble & Gold - Home and Garden Expo

[Organica] - Belvedere Leather Armchair and Sofa (Eggplant purple) - Home and Garden Expo

MudHoney - Neve Chair - cream

{what next} - Maison Drapes (long length) (modified)

A.V. - Vincent Side Table

Kaya Angel - Chandelier Manor Splendour

Heart Homes - Silver luxury rug

La Galleria - Ice Blue Fruit & Vine RUG MESH

~Libertine~ - Candle Holder Tall~ Gold [1.1]

22769 ~ [bauwerk] - Flowers in Vase, Ottoman Enfant White Brocade, Violin (Decoration), Calla in Vase

LISP - Music Sheets

Apple Fall - AF Temple Jars

Kismet - *K* Callas in Embossed Silver Urn

My art

Ouija Board Typo

First and foremost - The Home and Garden Expo benefits the American Cancer Society's annual Relay for Life event.  At Relay For Life events, communities across the globe come together to honor cancer survivors, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against a disease that has already taken too much.

To learn more:  http://www.relayforlife.org/learn/index

I am fortunate to receive blogger review copies from a few of the vendors, but I believe so strongly in this cause, that I purchased many of the vendors beautiful products in support of RFL.

If you would like a complete list of the vendors and SLURLs to their exhibits, go the H&G website link below.

http://slhomeandgardenexpo.com/list-of-exhibitors-a-z/

What happens when you make a typo while messing with a Quija Board - zap! shazamm!

CREDITS:

House:  Compulsion Stratford Cottage, Compulsion Overdrive - my new home at Isle of Serenity

Apple Fall - Wingback Chair 6 - Home and Garden Expo

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Home%20Expo%203/219/75/23

Striped Mocha - kettle with candles&pumpkins - orange/rusty - Home and Garden Expo

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Pisharati/8/115/3213

Apple Fall - Deer Skull

MeshtakesWereMade - Rabbits (The MarketPlace)

MudHoney - Orange Fall Rug

Trompe Loeil - Ines Floor Lamp Tan Diamonds

Kuro - Butterfly table (carpenter)

Ewan Mureaux [CT] - Ouija Board 

[Fetch] - Aged Chandelier - gold

Second Spaces - Ezra ashtray

[PM]Pixel Mode - Lisa Table - F

O.M.E.N - Whiskey & Cigar set

Fetch at The Secret Affair

Edgar Allen Poe was a brilliant interpreter of the Gothic style.  What better theme for September's round of The Secret Affair than Mr. Poe.

[Fetch] is offering a melancholy set in black and burgandy.  The Sylvia Set is perfect for your decayed, elegant boudoir.

I added Kalopsia's  Le Lit de la Marquise Bed and Canopy for more decayed beauty.

The Secret Affair opens September 15
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Ippos/186/176/34

[Fetch]'s Mainstore
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Chaotic%20Dreams/173/125/21

Kalopsia
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Goober%20Town/214/71/21

Antiques Rhode Show - Jimpsky Rhode
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/15167

Credits:

HOUSE - Hackberry Hall Manor by Never Totally Dead
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Hackberry-Hall-Manor/3755211


[Fetch] - Sylvia Lounge - PG, Sylvia Curtain, Sylvia Vanity Table, Sylvia Vanity Stool, Sylvia Chandelier, Sylvia Vases
Kalopsia - Le Lit de la Marquise (Black), Canopy (Black)
Poppet McGimsie - Boulle wardrobe, Versailles, 5 prims,click doors
Entity - Victorian Canopy
Phedre Rexie - The Jewel Garden - Gem Goblet & Table
[noctis] - Cousin Thing's handy wall candle partmesh 2li, Mesh batwing beeswax candelabra, Moss and Mourning wall lamp on/off, Photo; Victorian Beauty 1, [MESH Victorian home journals, MESH Victorian Nudes: Set of 3, Twisted Carni wall lamp 7(partmesh) 4li 1, Mesh Victorian end table on rollers, Victorian vase of Hydrangea (mesh)
[DDD] - Victorian-esque Wall Shelf
Antiques Rhode Show - Chandelier_crystal MKI 34p 2.1
POST -  Jamtland Tapestry Rug, Chinoiserie Vase,  Metropol Battered Salon Rug
Brann Georgia - Painting surreal victorian 1 and 2
Anthony Gartner - Shirt on hanger
Cheeky Pea - Heather Antique Perfume - Copy, Horror Bookends
Second Spaces - Teardrop jewelry boxes - black, Teardrop lamp - black
Bazar - Torronto-Makeup mirror
JoHaDeZ - Vase "Elegance"
ON*SU - Wrought Iron Console Table ~Dark Brown Marble
The Loft - Wrought Iron Mirror Iron
Aisling - cFakeBearRug.NoColl.White
Zinnias - Leggy Red Planter
Lark - Crawford Wall Hook & Slip
Melu Deco - Goldstripe plate

Modern Art

I am a big fan of the minimal, cement, industrial interior look.

The new Fanatik home really lends itself to this style.

CREDITS:

Apple Fall - Dapper Chair (black leather), Strung Branch Pendant Light, Black and White Art, Tribal Print I and II, Focus Spotlight

Kalopsia - Fall Wreath

Fanatik - Lambarte Home

Soy - Old Photo Light (TMD)

Kuro - Tall cabinet

Revival - Canvas Daybed (texture change)

BSD Design Studio - Circular Metal Wall

UrbanizeD - Large Garden Vase

Stockholm & Lima - Bicycle Wheels, GUY Ottoman, GUY Sofa, Headlight Track Lights (last months TMD)

{theosophy} - Dinmael Bust (Sand/Iron)

POST - Swedish rollakan rug, Chinoiserie Vase

Art Dummy - Concrete plants

Zigana - cigars (TMD)

Aria - Parma Radiator and Pendant Lamp (TMD)

*TMD (The Men's Department)

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/TMD/121/183/21

Time for a pumpkin spiced latte!

...and mulled apple cider!

Thank you and a shout out to some of my favorite creationists!

Kalopsia's set for The Neighborhood - FALL IS COMING - is still available.
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Goober%20Town/213/60/24

The cornfield in these pics is sooooo cool and perfect for Autumn landscaping.  I got them on the Marketplace.
https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/16189
SimPro Designs (Lordisma Shepherd) - Corn Field Brown Copy/Mod,  Corn Field Green Copy/Mod

Also, a year ago, MudHoney put out their amazing Fall Mums in Buckets.  I was just at the MudHoney store and they are available again at the front door.  

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/MudHoney/106/105/30

Soy's groovy three legged chairs are available at this month's The Men's Department.

Thank you 8f8 for the free and charming Back to School Chair.  Your work is beautiful.

CREDITS:

Soy - Old Hut [for overground], Three legged chair [crow]

Kalopsia - "Fall is coming" Sign, Piece of Fence, Old Stool, Fall Wreath, Pumpkins

[Fetch] - Aged Chandelier - gold

[ keke ] - Little white cabinet

8f8 - Back to School Chair

Kuro - That coffee table

Botanical - T2C Log Seat 3

MudHoney - Mums in Bucket

HBLYS - Scarecrow (Albert Beerbaum)

22769 ~ [bauwerk] - Violin (Decoration) from the Decadence is Bliss collection

Tatty Soup - Grass Bucket

Floorplan - Hanging Map Paris

{theosophy} - Dinmael Bust (Sand/Iron) (I don't know why i'm so crazy about this piece)

7 - Keep Off Lawn Sign

{vespertine} - Original beer crate filled

{af} - Omega Beer

[PM]Pixel Mode - F Bomb

POST - Metropol Cast Iron Floor Lamp

(iTuTu) - Petit dahlia can /white

SimPro Designs (Lordisma Shepherd) - Corn Field Brown Copy/Mod,  Corn Field Green Copy/Mod

https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/16189

Pictures taken with Second Life Viewer/Sunrise Environment Setting and modified on Picmonkey.

The Many Moods of Fall

Apple Fall released a warm and intimate set for Collabor88 this month.  The texture on the chairs is amazing.  The Dapper Chairs come with and without blankets and in 8 fabric/leather seats.

I added the new pieces to my Fanatik - Lambarte home.  The first mood is cool and sophisticated, very minimal.

The second mood reflects the tendencies of fall hibernating.  Warm colors, rich textures and lots of good books.

CREDITS:

Apple Fall - Strung Branch Pendant Light, Dapper Chair w/ Deco (Golden Linen), Glass Bubble Lamp, Dapper Chair (Golden Linen), Recycled Wood Parquet Table, Tribal Print I, Tribal Print II, Focus Spotlight, Wooden Tribal Jars, Reading Pile, Design Books

Kalopsia - "Fall is coming" Sign

FANATIK HOME - Era Kilim Rug 6, LAMBARTE home

ARIA - Parma pendant  light, Parma potted cactuses

Second Spaces - Caster table - San Francisco

The Loft - Catch All Bowl

*Shai* - Line of Red Apples (Apple - M + C)

Old Bookcase (avatar no longer in SL)

My rabbit art

End of the line....

kalopsia (uncountable). The delusion of things being more beautiful than they are.

This is no delusion!  Kalopsia's Train/Tank for ~uber~ is crazy, cool, beautiful.  It is perfect for a post-apocalyptic party with 4 of your best dead-head friends.  Singing Casey Jones by the Grateful Dead while I blog this

This Train/Tank can sit 5 avatars at once with sets of animations, there is 20 animations in total divided in 4 sets.  With the buried Train/Tank you have the choice of  3 premade ground texture (Sand, Dirt, Snow) but you can set your own texture on the ground part to match you place.

I took pictures using Second Life viewer and the Fine Day environmental setting.

CREDITS:

I have added some other slightly sinister items from my inventory.

Kalopsia - Train/Tank (Old Rust)
-arbres obscurs - [Hallowseve tree/Dark] (free gift)
8f8 - Back to School Chair
[Con.] - Wanderlust Ticket Office signs, tracks and bench.
:CP: - Louis' Lantern
PILOT - Fisherman's Shack
7 - Handtruck (Animated), Ranch Guide Sign
[Vintage] ~ (MESH) Horse Pose 7, (MESH) Horse Pose 3
[LW] - Fire Hydrant (Mesh), Stop Sign Big Barbed wire Beacon, and Barbed Wire Chain Link Fence, were purchased on the Marketplace and designed by the benign lunatic Lindsey Warwick owner of  L. Warwick Handmade Shoes and Creepy Cool Gadgets.

https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Barbed-Wire-Chain-Link-Fence/574215

Lighthouse - For Sale

"Lighthouses for sale! Actually, lots of lighthouses for free. Technological advances and a desire to purge unneeded properties have paved the way for the federal government to get rid of more than 100 lighthouses over the last 14 years, and it intends to keep selling and giving them away. The sold lighthouses, located on both coasts and in the Great Lakes states, have become everything from museums to bed-and-breakfasts."

http://www.nbcnews.com/business/real-estate/sale-several-dozen-lighthouses-some-free-n195441

CREDITS:

{vespertine} - Abandoned nautilus lighthouse

.Shi + Vibe - Velocipede [Limited Edition]

Stockholm & Lima - The Spellbound Settee[TMD-PG]

[noctis] - Skeleton Rose Urn w menu

Organica - Broken Gas Pump (rusted black)

floorplan - Gas pricing sign

Sway's - [Crack] Birdhouse . tree stump

POST - Tire Stack

Angharad.Greggan - Broken gate, Posts and side fencing

Heart Garden Center - Gothic Black Oak -bare-young-5

ee Oh - AUTUMN SHRUB 16 M v5

[we're CLOSED] - Grass field dry, White flowers 

Forest Floor - Cherry - (L, formal, hud ctrl)

Now Playing

A bit outre!  Creepy carnivals and insane fun houses!  

Those were the feelings I got when I saw ::revival:.'s creation for September's Fameshed - Slide projector and box screen.  My imagination went off the scale, so I did several themes.

First, I put them in my new Fanatik home - Lambarte, paired with Soy Lounge Chairs (The Mens Department) and Aria's Parma Pendant Light and Parma cacuses (The Mens Department), I got the minimalist look I wanted.

Also:
Kalopsia - "Fall is coming" Sign
POST - Deco Rug, Robert Delaunay, 1930s

Then in my uber world setting

Cheeky Pea -Louis' Willow Chair A (PG)
Botanical - T2C log seats
[noctis] - Vintage Popcorn Machine dirty w lights
Kalopsia - Train/Tank Burried (Strong Black)
Makeshift Chair Barbecue
7 - Clown Head RARE (REVIEW)
POST - Tire Stack

Then in my POST - Les Folies Side Show Tent

Haute Couture - By Appointment Only

Coco Chanel, Christian Dior, Emilio Pucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Christian Louboutin, Karl Lagarfeld, Oscar de la Renta, Madame Bertin (for Marie Antionette).....all by appointment only.

Pixel Mode created this beautifully detailed sewing set for September 2014's Arcade.  I've seen in blogged in some many inspiring ways.  I thought I'd do something different.  I am also excited to use the Lisa Chairs from August's FAMESHED.

Marie Antionette's Dressmaker

"The regulation of court dress was a legacy of Louis XIV's plan to bring the aristocracy into line and the guiding rule was "Persons of Quality must now become Persons of Taste".  For presentation at court, women had to wear le grand habit de cour (the grand habit). Full court dress consisted of a heavily boned bodice with short sleeves, a full skirt over a large hoop, and a long train. This ensemble was all made of the same fabric, typically silk or satin brocade. 

A tailleur de corps (always male) made the whale-boned bodice and train, a courturiere made the skirt, and a marchand de mode (like Rose Bertin) provided the trimmings, lace and adornments for the ensemble.

CREDITS:

Building - [ba] paris penthouse skybox at The Grove Country Club

PIXEL MODE - Available now at The Arcade - The Sewing Corner - Cabinet, [PM]Pixel Mode - The Sewing Corner  - Dressmakers Form, The Sewing Corner  - Fabric Rolls - A-B-C-D, The Sewing Corner  - Dressmakers Form Pinned, The Sewing Corner - Basket, The Sewing Corner - Sewing Machine Table RARE, The Sewing Corner  - Sewing Machine RARE, The Sewing Corner - Pin Cushion, The Sewing Corner  - Windsor Chair White

Pixel Mode - [PM]Pixel Mode - Lisa Chair - NB - Letter, Iris (August Fameshed)

Apple Fall - AF Vintage Camera w/ Tripod, AF Carriage Clock (The Arcade), AF Temple Jars, {af} Tied Books, Apple Fall Pug Ceramic Decor, AF Empire Coffee Table, Apple Fall Charlotte's Pears, AF Winner Trophies, Apple Fall Wild Thistles, Apple Fall Flat File, AF Dress Form, Apple Fall Design Books, AF iFall (Early 2014) Media Edition, Apple Fall Key Lamp (Nickel), Apple Fall Plantation Dining Table (Whitewashed), Apple Fall Meadow Flowers, AF L'Olivier, AF Dolly Lamp, AF Throw Cloth (texture changed), AF Porthole Mirror, AF Teller Lamp (Gold), AF Recycled Desk, AF Gilt Frame (Portrait), {af} Focus Spotlight

MudHoney - Zoe Dresser - Beech, Neve Chair - white, Neve Rug, Ophelia Bag

tarte. - Hunter stool
Designer Prims - Draws and Clothing
Lark - Vintage Dress Form (1-dark)
!! Follow US !! - Couture - Eve, Mon petit Atelier board, Couture - Vintage stool, Fabric rack
Zigana - Moraccan table . blue
Trompe Loeil - Roanna Lamp Tall
[ba] - Reference book shelf white - large
Bazar - Arizona clothes rack, Floria bedroom pic frame (small), Floria Bed lamp L, Toronto-Books and plate decor, Floria-Old telephone
BoatHouse - Quilt Flowers
Heart Homes - Silver luxury rug
22769 ~ [bauwerk] - Baroque Side Table Gold
Three Dee - Mesh Rug V2 4x6 (blue under the desk)
{what next} - Maison Drapes (long length)
Jon Haskel - Lab Pup & Bag
[NI] - Crocheters Emergency Kit
The Loft - Wrought Iron Mirror  White
u.f.o. - Swan Lake, Act1 - mannequin with clothes
Antiques Rhode Show - Chandelier_crystal, Wall light_glass parrot L and R
[ARIA] - Eva Plumeria in a vase, Adelaide decorative tray, Aalis rolled drafts
Abiss - Woman's bust
Alchemy - Doge -  French bulldog - Cream, Chi Chi Chihuahua - Spike - Spot, Chi Chi Chihuahua - Spike - Brown
BB - Corgi bed
Kalopsia - Vase Shrub
POST - Qing Vase - Carp
::db:: - Decorative Metal Trophy
[ keke ] - Champagne bubblissimo bucket, flute, cavier - silver set, Lilies
[*Art Dummy!]  - Simple things. (lemon branches) RARE, Pumpkin spice coffee (decorative)
+Half-Deer+ - Dog Treat Jar, Dog Bowl
MeshtakesWereMade - Couple Statue
PILOT - Crown [Gold]
LISP - Heart Tabletop Dummy
*~MMG's~* - Sewing machine ornament ALL [white]
*Second Spaces* - Craft room - ribbons, Craft room - caddy RARE
Dutchie - Dropped dress
My art